These little red bugs do not come off and we have tried every kind of tomato plant spray out there. I don’t know how to get them off because they are eating hole into my leaves and tomatoes.

The plants themselves look great. It just seems that the tomatoes are all going bad and starting to spread to my green beans. Does anybody know what I should do. Thanks

We have patio tomatoes in five gallon buckets because the soil is sandy where I live a mile from the Gulf. It is miracle grow potting soil, and I feed them also from time to time. The plants are watered every day because of the heat. They are very lush with foliage, they bloom – [...]

They were healthy when I bought them. I water them, miracle grow them with tomato fertilizer and in general take care of them. I have been planting tomatoes for 40 years. This never happened.

Can I trim back my tomato plants? What to avoid?

Wire cages often cause the branches to break, since the branches rest on the thin hard wire. I have staked them with 6-7ft stakes in hopes of maximizing the production of the plant, but I still have branches that have collapsed (not broken off) that have fruit at the end of the branches. Will the [...]

Have young tomato plants on my deck in large planters and puzzled as to when and how often too water. Also how much water is required?

I did it last year but the tomatoes did not get very big. I have them in full sun and they get lots of water (rain). I also use Miracle Grow. I am growing a different kind of tomato this year as well. Any new suggestions of ideas?

I have a few small tomato plants I got from the farmers market. I tried to transplant them into large pots. Now they are very week & wilted & one broke off near the base of the stem. I planted it but, can I do anything to help the roots grow on the broken stem [...]